20th OVER: Rajat Bhatia is going to bowl the last over. WICKET! Morkel skies it and Sehwag takes it cleanly. SIX! Badrinath hoicks the last ball into the crowd. Chennai finish at 169-6.
19th OVER: WICKET! Raina goes for a suicidal run and falls short. New man Badrinath takes a single. SIX, SIX! Two terrific strikes […]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni chose to bat against the Delhi Daredevils as he looked to defend Chennai Super Kings’ 100% record in the IPL. Table-toppers Chennai will be tested at home today, with Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey having returned to Australia to prepare for the West Indies tour. Currently in third place, Delhi could move […]
Bangladesh received an unpleasant welcome to the Asia Cup as India trampled all over them in a 182-run rout in the opening game in Kurunegala. Offspinner Pujare Seema, who is yet to play an international, and fast bowler Jhulan Goswami shared nine wickets between them, bowling Bangladesh out for 68. Read more
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South Africa’s Jacques Kallis has questioned the long-term future of one-day cricket in the face of an onslaught from the Twenty20 form of the game.
Kallis, Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2007 and Test cricket’s number one all-rounder, is playing for Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League and believes it will be […]
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan believes it will be “too difficult” for him to reach 1,000 Test wickets before he retires.
The 36-year-old has captured a world record 735 dismissals during his 120-Test career with the island nation.
Despite his veteran status Muralitharan remains a potent threat on the international scene with the bowler believing he can […]
Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne have been fined 10% of their match fees, while Pratap Kumar, the on-field umpire, has been suspended for a game following the controversy during Thursday’s IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Read more
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Andrew Flintoff could make his Test comeback as part of a four-man attack against New Zealand at Lord’s on May 15, after England’s captain, Michael Vaughan, told The Times that he was in favour of throwing his allrounder back into international cricket as a No. 7 batsman and out-and-out strike bowler.
Vaughan’s preference is a significant […]
It has been less than a year since the Bangladesh women’s side was formed and now they are preparing to take on India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup starting Friday. This may be an insignificant entry in the chronicles of cricket but should they go on to achieve the success that their […]
England wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose struck his first Championship ton for 12 months on day three at Edgbaston.
Resuming on 46, Ambrose hit a total of 22 fours and shared in century stands with Jonathan Trott, then Neil Carter, who hit Jacques du Toit for two sixes.
Trott, who has now gone 45 innings without a century, edged […]
Lancashire have signed Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf as a replacement for Brad Hodge while the Australian competes in the Indian Premier League.
Yousuf is expected to make his debut in Sunday’s Friends Provident Trophy clash with Durham Dynamos at Old Trafford.
“I’ve always wanted to play county cricket, and to get the opportunity with a club as […]
Essex all-rounder Tim Phillips will be out of action until June following surgery on damaged cartilage in his right knee.
The slow-left-arm bowler picked up the injury during last week’s Second XI match against Surrey at Garon Park. Read more
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Sussex look set to be without Musthaq Ahmed for at least three weeks after the spinner underwent knee surgery.
The 37-year-old, who suffered the injury in the Trophy match with Essex, is hopeful of returning to play against Nottinghamshire at the end of May.
Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson told BBC Southern Counties Radio: “We had hoped […]